Catalan Atlas

Type Object Region Iberia Time 1361–1375

The Catalan Atlas is a large nautical world atlas compiled in the 14th century by Jewish Majorcan cartographer Abraham Cresques, presented to Charles…

Timeline

1361Palma (Majorca) · MajorcaAbraham Cresques gathered Arabic, Latin, and Jewish geographical texts in Palma on Majorca, preparing a long-scroll nautical world map covering Europe, Asia, and Africa, integrating Mediterranean trade intelligence and monarchical political symbolism.
1375Paris · FranceThe atlas was completed as six parchment scrolls and presented to Charles V of France, becoming a treasured geographical and diplomatic gift at court, marking the peak of the Catalan–Majorcan cartographic school.

Sources

Catalan Atlas https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53096684r
The History of Cartography, Volume 1: Cartography in Prehistoric, Ancient, and Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean — J. B. Harley and David Woodward (eds.) (1987)